Bob M. Dobbins
31Patents
12h-index
18Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 10, 1984 → Apr 13, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4628194A | Method and apparatus for currency validation | Physics | 238 | Expired |
| US5167313A | Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection | Physics | 232 | Expired |
| US4727245A | Portable data scanner with removable modular printer | Physics | 156 | Expired |
| US5330041A | Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US8770372B2 | Coin and bill dispensing safe | Physics | 25 | Active |
| US4785927A | Vending machine control with product delivery motor home detection, motor speed control and power supply | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US4775824A | Motor control for banknote handing apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US5443144A | Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US7516832B2 | Two door electronic safe | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US4842120A | Jam reducing apparatus for use in a coin operated machine | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| USD308201S | Portable data scanner | General | 13 | Expired |
| USD308968S | Bar code scanner cradle | General | 12 | Expired |
| US8905579B2 | Vending machine having LED lamp with control and communication circuits | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US5564548A | Method and apparatus for currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US4817010A | Vending machine control with improved vendor selector switch detection and decoding apparatus | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5730272A | Method for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6929110B2 | Coin chute with optical coin discrimination | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US4800389A | Radar apparatus | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7779983B2 | Two door electronic safe | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9142079B2 | Coin and bill dispensing safe | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9799179B2 | Method and apparatus for mobile cash transportation | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US9406208B2 | Mobile cash transport system with tampering triggered ink deployment | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US9619957B2 | Coin and bill dispensing safe | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US9947166B2 | Coin and bill dispensing safe | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US9593811B2 | Retrofit LED lamp assembly in a vending machine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.